Nev. rancher awarded $4.2M over 'taken' water rights

"The decision by U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Loren A. Smith involved the Fifth Amendment clause against private property being taken for public use without just compensation. The rancher, Wayne Hage, bought the sprawling Pine Creek Ranch in central Nevada in 1978."

Blogs are new battleground for civil rights

"Half a century after Little Rock, the Montgomery bus boycott and the tumultuous dawn of the modern civil rights era, the new face of the movement is Facebook, MySpace and some 150 black blogs united in an Internet alliance they call the AfroSpear."

Pa. Man claims arrest violated rights

"A Uniontown man has sued the city and two police officers, alleging that they violated his civil rights when he was arrested and shot with a Taser gun in 2006 for an arrest warrant that no longer was valid."

Rights violated in MI campaign rally arrests

"Christine Nelson and Alice McCabe are suing Macauley and Michell Mais, a Linn County Sheriff's deputy, for violating their right to free speech, assembly and equal protection during the rally."

Employee rights lagging behind digital age

"Sarah Doolittle and Austin Garrido, two California Polytechnic State University students worked part time for ULoop.com, an online marketplace for college students on campuses. Early this year, they noticed that their paychecks were a lot smaller than expected and, upon...

Judge says Fresno broke the law in destroying property of homeless

"Fresno faces a class-action lawsuit brought by homeless people who claim police and sanitation workers violated their constitutional rights in at least 20 different sweeps from 2004 to 2006."

OH Ex-Attorney Imprisoned For Filing Civil Rights Claim

"CLEVELAND—She’s one of 59 individuals designated in Ohio as a “vexatious litigator”. Now she sits in Cuyahoga County Jail awaiting transport to the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, because she filed a civil rights claim"

Court: BP explosion victims were wronged

"TEXAS CITY — An appeals court ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government violated the rights of victims in the explosions at the BP America refinery in Texas City because the government reached a plea bargain with BP without consulting the victims."

Judge rules man’s trial rights violated

"The Speedy Trial Act stipulates a defendant’s trial be held within 70 days of his indictment or initial appearance in court with allowances for certain delays, including pre-trial motions."

Court to weigh victim’s rights

"the focus of oral arguments in the Court of Appeals Thursday in a case victims’ rights advocate Russell Butler called the most important for crime victims in Maryland history. "

Rockford Residents: City violated First Amendment

" Residents who placed an anti-abortion advertisement on a Rockford bus-stop bench in 2005 say the city violated their First Amendment rights when it removed the ad."

Heparin Probe Sends USDA Inspectors to China

" More than 350 adverse reactions to the drug have been reported to the FDA since the end of 2007, including a dangerous lowering of blood pressure, breathing difficulties and vomiting. Four patients who took the drug died. "

3 top cops in court, post bond in rights case

"If they are convicted on all counts, the charges carry maximum sentences of 24 years for Houston, 16 years for Branson and 10 years for Decanter. The three were released on $20,000 bonds."